Kapita Primary School - A Five Year Journey
Kapita Primary School is nestled atop one of the many undulating hills that stretch across the South-East Mzimba region of Malawi. To reach it, one often has two choices, a seasoned 4x4 or a long (steep) walk. This is largely on account of the narrow

The 3 Greatest Lessons I've Learnt Through 5 Years of Working in Development
Jones Ntaukira here...
I joined the Empower Malawi team in 2010 as a fresh young graduate with no experience about development work. A scientist at heart, equipped with theories, hope and confidence amassed from the long

Hello everyone! You might have seen our posts about our latest initiative Zuwa Energy. In fact we spent most of October raising funds (succesfully) to buy our first batch of stock. So what is Zuwa and how does this fit in with our work at Empower Projects? Our Founder and Executive Director Shanil

It’s been a while since I last blogged to give you an update from the field.
The Kapita Community finishing their Earthship Community Centre
The people of Kapita are still working on their Community Centre, 3 years since it was started. In August 2016, Empower Malawi supported the people of

If we were to encapsulate our efforts in Mpamba, Nkahata Bay across 2015, we'd say that we've been "sowing seeds". Working shoulder to shoulder with community is central to our work and we recognise that this is not a process that can be rushed and forced into convenient timelines. It involves

What is permaculture?
Here at Empower Projects, we are CONSTANTLY talking about "permaculture" and whether our approaches to agriculture, community financing, technology or training are being informed by it. But what is it exactly? Why is it so important to us? Our Founder Shanil Samarakoon is

Greetings everyone. We at Empower Projects are always talking about "SACCOs"! So we thought we'd take some time to explain what they are and why we think they are so great! Community Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) are financial institutions set up by people who want to solve a common

Greetings from Sri lanka everyone!
As our Executive Director in Malawi says, "Change is a seed of slow growth" and in this light 2015 has been an important year for Empower Projects. It is a year in which we received tax deductibility status in Australia, effectively doubled the size of our team

Kapita Primary School - On track to become a model school for Permaculture
Greetings from Lilongwe, Malawi - this is Jones!
A LOT has happened over the past 3 months in Kapita. Being the very first project that Empower Projects supported in Malawi, Kapita has been our partner community

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We are an Australian for purpose organisation that enables rural communities to pursue their vision towards self-reliance. We adopt an asset-based approach to development and currently support grassroot initiatives in Malawi and Sri Lanka.